Publication

This brief provides an overview of the state of international negotiations on climate change prior to the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which it is hoped will lead to a new long-term global agreement on how to deal with the problem. The author also outlines what the negotiating parties must do for the COP21 to culminate in a deal. He suggests that this involves the parties 1) converging on the form and content of their contributions to the new regime; 2) agreeing on what time period should be used to measure contributions to the deal; and 3) determining the legal form of the agreement.